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So Moved
So Moved, St. John’s: 8 March 2021
If you are a fan of poetry, affordable housing initiatives, and/or municipal capital allocations, then you are absolutely in for a treat.
Jess Puddister
March 11, 2021
# City of St. John’s
So Moved
So Moved, St. John’s: 25 January 2020
St. John's City Council met for approximately 17 minutes this week—so we drilled down into some of the regulatory issues around heritage designation. Whee!
Jess Puddister
January 26, 2021
So Moved
So Moved, St. John’s: 18 January 2021
This week’s meeting was startlingly fast and painless, so we’ll switch gears to unpacking the new Citizen Satisfaction Survey 2020 results.
Jess Puddister
January 19, 2021
Longread
News
An Empty Lot on Eric Street Holds the Key to the City
A clash between affordable housing advocates, community gardeners, & neighbours neatly illustrates the promises and perils of urban planning in St. John’s.
Rhea Rollmann
December 9, 2020
So Moved
So Moved, St. John’s: 30 November 2020
Come for the roundup of Monday's city council meeting; stay for the delightful interview with Gord Follett Jr., the "fastest man who never ran."
Jess Puddister
December 1, 2020
Notes From the Rafters
Notes From the Rafters: 14 September 2020
How is the democratic process supposed to work? If we're cavalier about limiting offline public engagement, we risk de-prioritizing full and fair democracy.
Emily Deming
September 15, 2020
Notes From the Rafters
Notes From the Rafters: Pandora’s Big Yellow Box
Get your most outraged social media warrior face on: you have TWO WEEKS to ALL CAPS your way into Council inboxes to explain why you…
Emily Deming
May 26, 2020
Notes From the Rafters
Notes from the Rafters: 13 April 2020
They have added video. Each councillor now comes to the meeting framed by a hastily curated slice of their natural environment.
Emily Deming
April 14, 2020
Notes From the Rafters
Notes From the Rafters: ReduxPlagueTimes (RPT)
Let’s mentally splatter-paint our way through some kind of understanding of what is happening in our city’s bi-weekly teleconferences and see how we do!
Emily Deming
April 2, 2020
Commentary
Walking St. John’s After the Blizzard of the Century
Elizabeth Yeoman
February 7, 2020
Investigation
Longread
News
Unmasking Donny Dooley: Newfoundland’s Most Wanted Troll
For years, an anonymous Twitter account mocked accident victims, berated grieving parents, and terrorized women. Today the Independent removes his mask.
Drew Brown
January 17, 2020
Commentary
Sex Work is Not the Same as Sexual Exploitation
As someone who has worked freely as a sex worker and someone who has experienced sexual exploitation, I can say unequivocally: the two are not…
A. N. Onymous
September 30, 2019
News
Memorial Students Rejected a Bad Proposal, Not a U-Pass Program
Meagan Campbell
March 13, 2019
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